Some executives and directors of software companies are snapping up shares, even while more prominent technology companies experience heavy insider selling.

INSIDERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PUTTING DOWN some hard cash for shares of software companies.

Buying has recently popped up at companies such as IAC/InterActiveCorp, Napster, Identix, Art Technology Group and Informatica, where executives and directors (including media mogul Barry Diller) have been buying up weakened shares even as their counterparts in the broader software industry step up selling.